38 Facts About Joe Chappelle

Joseph Chappelle is an American screenwriter, producer, and director of film and television.

Joe Chappelle is perhaps best known for his work on the critically acclaimed HBO series The Wire, where he directed six episodes and served as co-executive producer for three seasons.

Joe Chappelle has produced and directed several other popular cable television programs, including CSI: Miami, Fringe and Chicago Fire.

Joe Chappelle wrote and directed the political thriller An Acceptable Loss, starring Tika Sumpter and Jamie Lee Curtis, which was released by IFC Films in January 2019.

Joe Chappelle graduated from Northwestern University with a Master of Fine Arts in Film and worked in Chicago's advertising community before working in film and television.

Joe Chappelle began his career with the independently produced film Thieves Quartet in 1994.

Joe Chappelle went on to direct the horror sequel Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers and shot additional scenes for Hellraiser: Bloodline, replacing Kevin Yagher due to his fallout with the studio over creative differences.

Joe Chappelle directed the thriller Phantoms in 1998, based on the Dean Koontz novel of the same name.

Also in 2000 Joe Chappelle made his television debut with the feature Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula.

In 2001, Joe Chappelle became a director for the first season of espionage drama The Agency.

Joe Chappelle did not return to work on the series' second season.

Joe Chappelle directed the first season episodes "Soup to Nuts" and "Legend of Lost Lenore".

In 2002, Joe Chappelle directed the second season premiere "Emergence" for the series Witchblade.

Joe Chappelle directed the direct-to-video thriller sequel The Skulls II in 2002.

In 2002, Joe Chappelle became a director for three new series; the 2002 reimagining of The Twilight Zone, HBO crime drama The Wire and the procedural spin-off CSI: Miami.

Joe Chappelle helmed The Twilight Zone episodes "Upgrade" and "To Protect and Serve".

Joe Chappelle remained involved with The Wire as a co-executive producer and with CSI: Miami as a producer throughout the 2000s.

In 2005, Joe Chappelle served as a consultant and director for new CBS drama CSI: NY.

Joe Chappelle joined the crew of the HBO crime drama The Wire as a director for the first season in 2002.

Joe Chappelle returned to The Wire as co-executive producer, episodic director and second unit director for the third season in 2004.

Simon credits Joe Chappelle with choosing the music for the season three closing montage; Solomon Burke's cover of Van Morrison's "Fast Train" which appeared in the season finale "Mission Accomplished".

Joe Chappelle returned as a co-executive producer, episodic director and second unit director for the fourth season of The Wire in 2006.

Joe Chappelle directed the season premiere "Boys of Summer" and the penultimate episode "That's Got His Own".

Joe Chappelle returned as a co-executive producer and director for the fifth and final season of The Wire in 2008.

Joe Chappelle directed the season premiere "More with Less" and the penultimate episode "Late Editions".

Joe Chappelle directed the pilot episode "Golden Parachute" for the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami.

Joe Chappelle became a producer and director for the first season once the series was picked up.

Joe Chappelle remained a producer and director for the second season of CSI: Miami in 2003.

Joe Chappelle was no longer a producer but remained an episodic director for the third season in 2005.

Joe Chappelle did not work on the fourth season of CSI: Miami as he was working on the fourth season of The Wire.

Joe Chappelle returned as a consulting producer and director for the fifth season in fall 2006.

Joe Chappelle again scaled back his involvement for the sixth season in fall 2007; he returned to being an episodic director only.

Joe Chappelle directed the episodes "Stand Your Ground" and "All In".

Joe Chappelle returned to CSI: Miami as a consulting producer and director for the seventh season in fall 2008.

Joe Chappelle left the CSI: Miami production staff to work on the series Fringe in 2009.

Joe Chappelle continued to work as an episodic director for CSI: Miami while working on Fringe.

Joe Chappelle helmed the eighth season finale "All Fall Down" in 2010.

In May 2017, Joe Chappelle left Chicago Fire to begin production on his independent film An Acceptable Loss.